Joshua Lee's answer to R's Secondary 4 E Maths Singapore question.

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Joshua Lee
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This is assuming there is no frictional or resistive forces (the question would have stated, otherwise assume this). By the conservation of energy, initial total mechanical energy is equal to final total energy.